Changing Food Habits: Fodder For Thought
...te the sweltering heat, only 4% of Indians take to cold drinks on a regular basis, although it must be noted that these drinks are gaining popularity among the young. The survey also revealed that alcohol consumption is quite popular among the middle-aged and is avid in communities where drinking is not..."Tarakeswar Alu"- buy potatoes online !!
...A buyer would be able to store the potatoes in the cold storages registered by the government and take delivery as and when required. MCX is a joint venture of the Financial Technologies (I) Ltd., State Bank of India and its associates, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Nat...Break-through Discovery Gives Hope For Asthma treatment
...the number of anti-viral proteins when suffering a cold as compared to non-sufferers. This, they were of t...inion that, “For people with asthma, even a common cold can result in hospital treatment - yet no specific treatment is available to help virally induced as...Two AIDS Vaccine Trials Hold Hope Against Epidemic
... snippets of HIV DNA embedded in a modified common cold virus, could produce final data by 2007, putting it at the top of the pipeline, he said. A second top candidate comes from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), HVTN 204, and contains not only a wider variety of DNA from different parts of th...Studies Show That Brain Cells Do Not Regenerate But Remain The Same Throughout
...rom unexpected quarters – the nuclear tests of the cold war. He used a variation on the well-known carbon-...ic concentrations of C14 peaked sharply during the cold war tests. By comparing levels of C14 in plant and animal cells with atmospheric levels, it is possi...Food Packaging Containing Latex May Trigger an Allergic Reaction
...ome fruit and vegetables and the adhesive used for cold sealing of confectionary. Source : Eureka Alert...Warning on Eating Shellfish Stepped Up
...re. It was only in 2004 that the illusion of the cold Alaskan waters being a deterrent for the growth of Vibrio, was laid to rest. With an unusually warm summer an outbreak of gastroenteritis took place among cruise ship passengers who ate Alaskan-raised shellfish. Dr. Joe McLaughlin, a medical epidem...Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever hits Turkey
... when the virus starts to slow down because of the cold weather," said Dr Onder Ergonul, a professor at Marmara University. A nurse treating Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever patients died last week, after being accidentally infected by a needle. Four health care workers have been infected till date, thou...Existing Brain Cooling Not Beneficial To Trauma Patients
...umans, the characteristic length that this kind of cold assault appears to penetrate is approximately a te...ematics and physics to develop a theory of how far cold would penetrate into the brain. Sukstanskii and his colleagues hypothesized that the hair, skin, bon...Current Cooling Devices Ineffective in Preventing Brain Injury
...umans, the characteristic length that this kind of cold assault appears to penetrate is approximately a te...ematics and physics to develop a theory of how far cold would penetrate into the brain. Sukstanskii and his colleagues hypothesized that the hair, skin, bon...Zoo Animal Succumbs to Avian Influenza in Germany
...ust like like human flu during when the weather is cold and wet. Following the report Dresden Zoo has quarantined other black swans on Friday. They have also demanded government clearance to vaccinate the rest of the birds in the zoo collection against bird flu. The zoo has 720 birds of 112 species. ...Antibiotic Drug Recalled Following Adverse Effects
... girl from Harbin. The girl suffering from common cold was given an intravenous injection of clindamycin phosphate glucose injection, but developed high fever within 20 minutes of the injection. The girl went into coma and died. Sun Pengli, director of Pharmaceuticals Side Effects Monitoring Center ...FDA Approves Famvir For Genital Herpes
...one-day treatment for recurrent genital herpes and cold sores. //The drug is manufactured by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp and is intended to be taken by people with healthy immune systems. The drug can be consumed as 1,000 milligrams doses twice daily for one day. There is no cure for genital herpes and ...Warm Watermelon Scores Over Cold In Nutritive Value
...its of watermelon at normal temperature as against cold Watermelon. // According to scientists, watermelons are a production house of nutrients even after they are severed from the parent plant, which slows down once the melon is cooled. Further, researchers said that watermelons kept at 70 degrees, con...Heart Has Enough Oxygen to Survive Hypothermia; CPR Crucial
...came hypothermic after being swept out to sea on a cold current. Rats serve as model “In this study, we wanted to find out if there are problems with low blood pressure, low pulse, low cardiac output (the volume of blood the heart can pump per minute), or with oxygen transport to the cells,” Tveita sa...Common Cold does not Merit Antibiotics
Common cold and running nose in children does not merit the prescription of antibiotics, researchers have advised. In effect, antibiotics should be administered// only if the child's condition worsens. Antibiotics are known to cause potential side effects. Ant...Norway Grants $80 mn to India's Health Mission
...ing and building capacity of vaccine logistics and cold chains systems, training and enabling the accredited social health activists (ASHAs) for home-based newborn and child care. It will also be responsible for facilitating successful implementation of the integrated management of neonatal and child il...Astro Gem Therapy: The Latest Beauty Secret for Glowing Skin
...treatment. Emeralds and pearls are known for their cold properties while sapphires are warm in character," she added. These facials using the ash of sapphires, rubies, emeralds and topaz cost between Rs.350 and Rs.2,500. "These facials are becoming popular in the city but gold and silver facials are ......y identifying these genetic triggers in dogs, they cold offer a hope for a cure for diseases in humans. It was also explained by the researchers that dogs were chosen for the study, as inbreeding among the species would have contained the genetic variability. Dr Steven Holloway of the University of Melb...